Wire clip.



H. LEA.

WIRE GLIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1911.

1,079,989. Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

COLUMBlA PLANOGRAPH 50., WASHINGTON. D. c.

s rarer onto HENRY LEA, on ST. HELENs; ENGLAND.

WIRE CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2,1913.

Application filed. July 10, 1911. Serial No. 637,701.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LEA, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Brit- In order that my invention may be readily understood and carried into practice, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever occurring throughout all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa wire clip which is intended for use chiefly but not exclusively in connection with framed blackboards. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modification of the forementioned device, as to the length and shape of the sides of the front jaw, which is intended for use chiefly but not exclusively in connection with unframed blackboards, mapeasels, and the like. Fig. 3 shows the first-named device engaged to a framed blackboard and utilized as both a clip and hook.

In accordance with my invention I bend a metal wire of suitable degrees of flexibility and rigidity or strength in the form as shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings and hereinafter more particularly described. The wire is doubled upon itself at its center to form a tongue Z2 of which that portion other than the tip 0 is inclined upwardly and forwardly; the tip a is bent rearwardly and, when the device is attached to a blackboard or similar furniture, as shown in Fig. 3, projects slightly above the edge thereof. The two parts ofthe wire then pass oppositely horizontally to form a back jaw, whence they are bent upwardly and rearwardly, and then directly forwardly to form spacing members or bridges which lie in a horizontal plane. The ends are then bent downwardly and rearwardly for a short distance, and then bent, as at d, further rearwardly, and then inwardly horizontally toward each other to form the members e of the front jaw. They thenextend a slight distance forwardly and toward each other,

forming the portions f, of which the eX- tremities aare interlocked and, preferably, further secured by soldering.

. In the modificationshown in Fig. 2, the

bend (Z is dispensed with, and the downwardl y extending sides ofthe front jaw are slightly shorter than are those of the back jaw so that, in engaging the device, the back aw may, initially, be placed sufiiiciently below the edge of the blackboard to provide a purchase to facilitate the front jaw being pulled forwardly by means of the grip a formed by the interlocked ends, and thus effect ready engagement.

The device is clipped over the edge of the blackboard; but, of course, it will be understood that to secure effective engagement it may be necessary insome cases preliminarily to press the front and back jaws nearer to or farther apart from each other so as thereby to increase or lessen, respectively, the clipping force of the device.

It will be seen thatof the tongue 6 that part other than the tip 0 is bent upwardly and forwardly; and thereby I provide a means of adding to the clipping force of the back jaw. Of this tongue the tip 0, which, when the device is engaged to a blackboard, projects slightly beyond the edge of the board, is bent rearwardly; by which means I provide a hook 'fromwhich sheets having hanging cords may be hung, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Respecting the device shown in Fig. 1; it should be observed that the sides of the front jaw are bent farther rearwardly at (5 so that when the device is engaged to a framed blackboard, as shown in Fig. 3, the parts 6 of the front jaw press against the surface of the board and thus form the clip.

Respecting more particularly the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, the two portions f are bent forwardly to meet at a so that when the device is engaged to a framed blackboard there is inclosed by the said two parts, together with the surface of the board, a suflicient space 9, somewhat triangular in shape, through which to allow the hanging cord of a sheet to be passed upwardly prior to its being placed over the hook; whereby I provide a means of enabling the hanging sheet to lie close to the surface of the board. The part a affords a convenient grip by which the front aw is pulled from the face of'the blackboard to permit the edge of a sheet to be passed under it, as shown in Fig. 3.

The sides ofeither jaw of, the device may be flattened laterally and a name or other matter embossed thereon.

I claim V 1. A device of the class described, formed from a single piece of wire, comprising a horizontal portion, a forwardly and upwardly inclined tongue formed intermediate the ends of the horizontal portion, the end of the tongue being bent rearwardly, the

ends of the horizontal portion being bent upwardly and inclined rearwardly, then bent forwardly to form spacing members, the ends'then bent downwardly and rearwardly for a short distance and then bent farther rearwardly, then inwardly horizontally toward each other, then forwardly and toward each other, the ends ofthe wire be l ing interlocked.

2. A device of the class described, fo rmed from a singlepieceof wire, comprising a horizontal portion, a forwardly and up wardly inclined tongue formed intermediate the ends of the horizontal portion, the end of the tongue being bent rearward'ly", the

ends of the horizontal portion being bent upwardly and inclined; rearwardly, then bent forwardly to form spacing members,

the ends then bent downwardly andreara flopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. V -i 

